Resourcefulness-

(noun) the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; “a man of great ingenuity.”

It was Sunday afternoon. The kids were playing baseball inside the house. They didn’t have a baseball bat, but they made use of an empty cola plastic bottle as their bat. They didn’t have a baseball ball either and substituted it with a small and soft basketball.

Three Christmases ago, we ran out of Christmas wrapper. But we still have some gifts waiting to be wrapped. Good thing Second son came to the rescue. With a little creativity and inspiration, he made some DIY Christmas wrappers.

Like this:

Second son’s Science project for the second quarter was to make a pop-up picture of the life cycle of a frog. His teacher also encouraged his students to opt for the caterpillar if they find it easier. My son though might have found the frog cuter. He opted for this kind of amphibian as his subject.

Use sturdy paper and limit the number of cuts required to have your elements come to life. – See more at: http://www.inhabitots.com/make-your-diy-book-projects-pop/#sthash.QBSKP3zE.dpuf

Use sturdy paper and limit the number of cuts required to have your elements come to life. – See more at: http://www.inhabitots.com/make-your-diy-book-projects-pop/#sthash.QBSKP3zE.dpuf

Use sturdy paper and limit the number of cuts required to have your elements come to life. – See more at: http://www.inhabitots.com/make-your-diy-book-projects-pop/#sthash.QBSKP3zE.dpuf

Use sturdy paper and limit the number of cuts required to have your elements come to life. – See more at: http://www.inhabitots.com/make-your-diy-book-projects-pop/#sthash.QBSKP3zE.dpuf

Being used to story-telling almost every night, my boy was inspired to make a book instead and not a simple chart. And as we frequent to malls too, we would always visit bookstores. We would spend some time reading or browsing children books; thus my kids appreciate literature more than anything else.